Free crack pipes are being handed out to addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as part of a Vancouver Coastal Health harm-reduction project aimed to stop the spread of HIV and hepatitis B and C.
One distribution centre has handed out roughly 3,500 of the kits - which include shatterproof glass pipes - since the beginning of the month. The intention is to provide safe pipes that should reduce injury to users' lips and mouths that can make them more susceptible to disease.
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